Botswana vs. Zimbabwe

Military

	Botswana	Zimbabwe
Military branches	Botswana Defence Force (BDF): Ground Forces Command, Air Arm Command, Defense Logistics Command (2021)	Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) (2021)
Military service age and obligation	18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019)	18-22 years of age for voluntary military service (18-24 for officer cadets; 18-30 for technical/specialist personnel); no conscription; women are eligible to serve (2021)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	2.8% of GDP (2019) 2.8% of GDP (2018) 3% of GDP (2017) 3.4% of GDP (2016) 2.7% of GDP (2015)	0.7% of GDP (2019) 1.2% of GDP (2018) 1.5% of GDP (2017) 1.8% of GDP (2016) 1.9% of GDP (2015)
Military and security service personnel strengths	the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) has approximately 9,000 active personnel (2021)	information varies; approximately 30,000 active duty troops, including about 4,000 serving in the Air Force (2021)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions	the BDF has a mix of foreign-supplied and mostly older weapons and equipment, largely from Europe and the US; since 2010, France is the leading supplier of armaments to the BDF (2020)	the ZDF inventory is comprised mostly of older Chinese- and Russian-origin equipment; since 2000, China is the leading arms supplier to the ZDF, although there are no recorded deliveries of weapons since 2006; since the early 2000s, Zimbabwe has been under an arms embargo from the European Union, as well as targeted sanctions from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US (2020)

Source: CIA Factbook